CrookedWookie
Mongoose
Does anyone have any good tips on how to paint a nice-looking White Star? What colors to use, how to get the cool effect of their hull coloring, and so forth? Thanks!
White Star painting tips?
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Shadow Queen
Mongoose
try basecoating in black, then drybrush Grey up to white then inkwash
CrookedWookie
Mongoose
I like your finished product, WereRogue. Can you tell me more about how you did it, kind of step by step?
Shadow Queen
Mongoose
here are some of mine
CrookedWookie said:
Sure.
I wanted to acheive a true pearl color, so I based in black, and painted using a blue-grey color. Once it dried, I hit it with a medium inkwash of Purple Ink, leaving it heavy in some areas, and thin in others. Then I hit it with a light drybrush of pearl white, followed by another wash of purple ink (mainly to bring out the "splotchy" effect) and a final pearl white drybrush to bring the white of the White Star out.
I did the rest of my ISA fleet the same way, though I used purple and green ink combos on my War level ships, did a light blue on my WS Gunships, and did my Blue stars in a metallic blue w/ pearl white D/B.
Hope this helps you out.
Derina, are your Nials supposed to be black, or are they just primered?
-Ken
Court Jester
Mongoose
That is pretty much the official colour scheme for WS's...
That is basically silver with purple patches.
After basecoating silver I'd then give the ship a few light washes of purple, blue and green and then build up the purple patches with heavily watered down paint...
MustEatBrains
Mongoose
Burger said:
:shock:
wasn´t there a Wrestler called "Golddust" (Dustin Rhodes) sometime in the 90s? He would have liked that one... :wink:
Shadow Queen
Mongoose
yes the fighters are they are the beefed up stealthy fighters
Shadow Queen
Mongoose
@ MEB: wasn´t there a Wrestler called "Golddust" (Dustin Rhodes) sometime in the 90s? He would have liked that one...
now called Black Rain
now called Black Rain
Lorcan Nagle
Mongoose
I didn't like the look of the official colour scheme when it's on a static model, so I set out to give my WS a more organic and fluid look
This was achieved with a base coat of a dark purple, followed by a wash of a much lighter blue. I then did spot patterns across the hull in a avariety of colours, with a wash of a very light purple between each colour's spots.
This was achieved with a base coat of a dark purple, followed by a wash of a much lighter blue. I then did spot patterns across the hull in a avariety of colours, with a wash of a very light purple between each colour's spots.
phoenixhawk
Mongoose
I did mine with gray base coat (primer) then a coat of silver and then some Testor's Napoleonic Purple (and a tiny brush). After all these years, since B5W first came out, I am finally happy with the way the White Star looks. Then I touched it up with some gunship gray accents on the guns and stuff.
Chris
Chris
Stonehorse
Mongoose
If I were to paint White Stars I would have thought the best way would be to start with a base coat of a light silver metallic paint over a black undercoat. Then apply a watered down Purple ink wash. Once this has dried highlight with a silver metallic.
If I ever do a White Star fleet I may give it a go.
If I ever do a White Star fleet I may give it a go.
[Omicron]Urobach
Mongoose
this is my try to paint the WS. but i am still not happy with the paintjob...it is so damn difficult to paint it accurat. :roll:
to Locan Nagle: you have played Battlespace, too? Or? :wink: :lol:
to Locan Nagle: you have played Battlespace, too? Or? :wink: :lol:
nekomata fuyu
Mongoose
I think you've definitely got it closer than a lot of people would, Urobach.
